Does your heart long to be immersed in God and His amazing grace?
This book is filled to overflowing with the riches of God’s grace found in the pages of Scripture. For years, I have loved praying the Scripture, and have been absolutely captivated by the theme of grace that permeates it.
Then, when tragedy struck unexpectedly, these became my very lifeline.
In 2017, our firstborn son was born by emergency c-section in critical condition. In 2019, he passed away at 20 months old.
In the wake of this utter devastation, I felt absolutely empty and had no idea how to pray. At just the right time, Christ met me with an embrace of undeniable hope. Finding us in our darkness, God’s Word and His grace were the lights that lit our way home, and gave us life again.
In Part One of this book, you’ll hear:
★ Raw and honest personal stories from when I was rescued from despair by the Word of Life.
★ Exciting inspirations and revelations gathered from peering intently into God’s glorious grace.
★ Practical tools and insights that have helped me to deeply receive grace by faith, through Scripture and prayer.
In Part Two, you’ll find:
★ A full treasure chest of over 200 grace-filled scriptures, carefully gathered from 20 different translations.
★ 31 rich, in-depth prayers, crafted from the scriptures, filled with declarations, affirmations, and ecstatic responses to the truth of who God is and all He has freely given us in Christ and His finished work.
Above all, this book is intended to lead you into personally experiencing the God of grace for yourself in greater and greater ways. Encounter after encounter, grace upon grace.
May we find the amazing grace of God in the deep, the true and the real. Grace is the place where the brilliant and beautiful light of Heaven fills our lives, no matter how dark it may seem. Where we are transformed from the inside out. Where we are fully embraced by perfect love that reaches into our world, and we are loved to life and wholeness, right where we are … all because of who Love is.
Whether on top of the mountain or down in the middle of the mess, God and His grace are all around us. Freely given to us, overflowing to us, right at our fingertips. We only need to reach out our hands …
So, will you reach out and take the journey with me?
“From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.” (John 1:16, BSB)
It's a unique combination of things. Normally, you'd get just a devotional book, or a topical book. However, this book combines personal testimony from a grieving father's journey through losing a son, plus deep dives on the theme of grace, plus 31 in-depth prayers crafted from scripture. There's a lot of rich stuff put together in here.
I think the sections on "Faithfully Wrestling" and the deeper moments from my pain ... plus the inspirations on God's goodness and grace, will be very impactful to readers.
"In short, while I certainly don’t have all the answers, when I look at the brokenness of this world: it is not God’s fingerprints that I find on the smoking gun at the scene of the crime.
You know where I do see His fingerprints?
On the torturous crossbeam that Jesus held onto tightly, as He carried my cross through the streets and up to Calvary. I see them on the nails he gripped while hanging there to die my death for me. I see His fingerprints all over the places where Christ stood in my place, and where he took me by the hand to lead me into the eternal glory of new life in Him.
I find the fingerprints everywhere that my Father, in His relentless love, searched for me in the night of my own darkness. Or I find them wrapped around me, in the places my Father held me in His loving embrace, and on His best robes He threw around me to clothe me, after I came home exhausted from a long journey of running away (Luke 15:20).
I see the hand of God where the Holy Spirit worked His wonders and miracles, and cast out the darkness with His invincible light. Surely this was the “finger of God” (Luke 11:20).
I see God in the hands of the nurses and doctors who cared for our son, and the friends and family who reached out with compassion and grace to lift us when we were down.
Everywhere I find pure light, life and love: those are the places I find God in the story."